Nocardia species are ubiquitous in natural environments and can cause nocardiosis. Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole has long been the monotherapy treatment of choice, but resistance to this treatment has recently emerged. In this study, we used microplate Alamar Blue assays to determine the antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of 65 standard Nocardia isolates, including 28 type strains and 20 cli...

Urinary tract infection (UTI) is the most commonly acquired bacterial infection. Antibiotic resistance of uropathogens has been known to increase worldwide and biofilm production being the prime cause. The objective of this study was to detect the production of biofilm by uropathogens isolated from UTIs and their antimicrobial susceptibility pattern. A total 570 urine samples from clinically su...

The objective of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of antimicrobial resistance in Helicobacter pylori isolated from the antrum and corpus of dyspeptic patients in Khon Kaen, Thailand, and to compare the antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of H. pylori isolated from the antrum and corpus in individual patients. Antimicrobial susceptibility was determined by disk diffusion, studying sus...

This study reports the use of microfluidics, which intrinsically has a large surface-to-volume ratio, toward rapid antimicrobial susceptibility testing at the point of care. By observing the growth of uropathogenic Escherichia coli in gas permeable polymeric microchannels with different dimensions, we demonstrate that the large surface-to-volume ratio of microfluidic systems facilitates rapid g...

background: resistance patterns among nosocomial bacterial pathogens in hospitals may vary widely from country to coun­try at any given point and within the same country over time. acinetobacter baumannii is one of the most important bacte­rium causes hospital acquired infections. therefore, surveillance of antibiotic resistance of a. baumannii is necessary, espe­cially in our country which the...

background enterococci have emerged as more virulent and multidrug-resistant in community and hospital settings. the emergence of vancomycin resistant enterococci (vre) in hospitals has posed a serious threat to public health. the widespread use of antibiotics to treat vre infections has resulted in the development of resistant forms of these organisms. conclusions among the nanoparticles, zno ...